Staring at the canvas, imagining another masterpiece, we took a step forward to paint the world green this World Environment Day. The Earth is our canvas and the seeds are our paints, our hands are our brushes and our mind unrestrained.

The theme of this year's World Environment Day is ‘Connecting with Nature’. Our Water projects Team celebrated this environment day on the right note by engaging in a tree plantation drive around our very living quarters.

The sun was out and on board with us glittering and shining and not burning us up. Overall, it was good day to plant. Yes! We were painting our empty lands green. We grew a variety of saplings like mango, chiku, jackfruit, gooseberry and coconut.

Our crew was all geared and ready to plant. The instructions were laid down and the plan took action. Just like construction workers tossing bricks to another ,we would pass saplings to another. We planted about 60 saplings around our living quarters. Watching the team work together and connect with each other and the nature was inexplicable.

”A building will accommodate only people and give them a roof to live under, but a tree will not only offer fresh air to humans but also branches for birds to build their nests upon, shade to many living beings, and fruits to many”, shared Payal, our projects team member handling human resources.

Planting the saplings today instantly helped me realize the connection and gave me immense satisfaction. Moreover, I realized how my little efforts to plant saplings and take care of them in the initial days would later be complemented by the nature to bloom into a big tree one day..” said Nithin, the nature loving IITan of our team.

“I have always loved and admired nature and had a deep longing to give back to it. This was finally satiated when I got the chance by the very act of planting the saplings by my own hands”, added Asmita, the finance superwoman of our department.

"Just the simple act of touching the soil, watering the sapling and really getting all muddy reminded me of my connection with nature today" , shared Isha, a typical uptown city girl previously living in New York.

At the end of the hard working yet fulfilling morning, we sipped on aamras as we sat by the mango saplings and reminisced of how our small step would impact the bigger movement this World Environment Day to celebrate and connect with nature.